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A lot of products, including toothbrushes, rely on the physical testing of prototype after prototype to help perfect a design. But it's an expensive and time consuming process, so researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute have developed a virtual brushing simulator that promises to revolutionise how toothbrushes are designed and tested.

Philips Sonicare, the brand behind popular electronic toothbrushes, recently released a device that accomplished the inconceivable: It made oral hygiene so fun that kids want to stay on top of it. The new toothbrush proved a little addictive, though.

Our dentists constantly remind us to replace our toothbrushes every 90 days so they're most effective at battling plaque, but how often do we really remember to do that? To make it easier, Brush Buddies has created the 90 Day Brush featuring a timer and built-in LCD display that reminds users exactly when it's time to get a new one. And at just six bucks, it's as cheap as other disposable brushes.

So you've upgraded your teeth cleaning experience to a 21st century power brush. Good for you. It may satisfy your mouth, murder morning breath and banish plaque at a few thousand revolutions per second, but what if it's not enough? What if you want to know how the 1% brush their teeth? That's when you need the Philips Sonicare Black Diamond Edition toothbrush.

Sports car. Sports jacket. Sportsman or sportswoman. Everything is better when it's sportier and souped up, but did you ever think you'd see a souped-up toothbrush? Neither did we, but now the Oral B Black Edition exists, we'd never go back.

We all know we should be brushing more diligently several times a day, but without our dentists regularly shaming us into better oral hygiene, that rarely happens. So a Paris-based company called Kolibree has created what it claims to be the world's first app-connected toothbrush that will encourage better brushing habits between dentist visits.

We can always get behind a 3D-printed object that does something practical. So we're intrigued by the Blizzident 3D-printed toothbrush, because this insane thing basically does all the brushing for you.

I was at a friend's house the other day and I noticed that she and her roommates all use electric toothbrushes. There were three of them charging in a row on the windowsill. With all the electric razors, bathroom scales, hairdryers and weird electric face cleansing scrubby things out there I started wondering if I should be smart-primping too. What are the advantages to plugging in? Go through your morning routine below.

Counter clutter can be even worse in a bathroom, which is typically a lot smaller than a kitchen. And if you find yourself constantly battling to find room to store things around the sink, you'll immediately see the genius behind this flippable cup that doubles as a way to rinse your mouth and a convenient spot to store a toothbrush.

Toothbrushes haven't changed much. Sure, some fancy tech wiz brushes spin the bristles themselves, but at the end of the day, after centuries of use, we still have to hold the damn thing. Not anymore. The T2T is a hands-free toothbrush that you slip onto your tongue to do your teeth cleaning. It's the grossest way to be hygienic.

Every morning, you either use an environmentally unfriendly disposable cup, a disgusting, gunked-up-with-toothpaste cup to rinse out, or your strain your neck to bend over and drink out of the tap. Stop that. Check out this awesome, life-changing toothbrush that acts as a water spout for post-brush rinsing.

Shoving an ergonomically-designed vibrating stick in our mouths and waiting for it to brush our teeth is average morning fare these days.

Our main task during the two minutes it takes for a battery-powered toothbrush to rid our pearly whites of plaque is to try not to drool. It's a pretty cushy exercise — and one that's become commonplace only recently.

This is Twist&Brush, the toothbrush-toothpaste hybrid concept: It jams your toothpaste into its handle, so you never have to remember to bring those pesky extra tubes when you travel. An idea so tremendously obvious that it's brilliant.

Looking at concepts for products can be kind of maddening, because no matter how clever they are, or how much sense they make, they're still just fancy renders. So seeing this self-standing toothbrush: really, really frustrating.

Yes, there are ninja assassins after that disgusting, germ-ridden toothbrush of yours. They want to brutally annihilate 99 per cent of the mess with their germicidal ultraviolet lights and you should probably just step back and let them do it.

Chinese manufacturers keep working hard to push the world forward into a hole of crappy amateur porn, one spy pinhole cameraat a time. But when they add one to an Oral-B electric toothbrush, you know things won't end well.